Question

Why did President Kennedy create the Peace Corps?

Answer 1

Answer:

Because John F. Kennedy thought that the United States freedom depended on the ability of the underdeveloped world to build independent nations as an strategy to avoid them to become Cold War battlefields.

Explanation:

President John F. Kennedy issued an order to establish the Peace Corps in 1961 as a trial which was one of the most innovative programs of the Cold War. People of the underdeveloped countries were struggling for economic and social progress  and he thought that our own future freedom depended on their ability to build growing and independent nations where men could live with dignity liberated from the bonds of hunger, ignorance and poverty. Kennedy warned that the underdeveloped world were in danger of becoming Cold War battlefields. During the 1960s and 1970s, thousands of young American volunteers worked side by side with people from Latin America and Africa to help build sewer and water systems; construct and teach in schools; assist in developing new crops and agricultural methods to increase productivity; and participated in numerous other projects. Overall, the program was judged a success.

Answer 2

The Peace Corps were to bring together bright energetic young people to dedicate themselves to peace and development in third world nations.

Explination:

In November of 1960 John F. Kennedy proposed the idea of the Peace Corps in a speech San Francisco, California. The idea was to bring together bright energetic young people to dedicate themselves to peace and development in third world nations.
Kennedy chose, his brother-in-law, R. Sargent Shriver to lead a task force to outline the parameters of the Peace Corps. On March 1, 1961 an executive order established the Peace Corps. Shriver at that time was appointed by President Kennedy to enact the seven steps outlined by the task force Shriver headed.

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